Title: God Will Help / Psalm 46:1-7
Subject: God Will Help
Bible Verse: Psalm 46:1-7
In the 14th year of King Hezekiah of Judah, Sennacherib of Assyria led an army and invaded Judah. Sennacherib wrote to Hezekiah, demanding surrender. At this time, King Hezekiah asked the priests and elders from all over the country to pray to God, and he also asked the prophet Isaiah to pray to God for the nation. God heard their prayers, slaughtered 185,000 Assyrian troops, and defeated them. Hezekiah thanked God for his help and salvation, and the background of Psalm 46 is that Korah, the descendant of Levi, praised God. In this poem the author confesses that God is our help and our refuge.
1. We will not fear (Psalm 46:1-3).
2. He rejoices in the sanctuary (Psalm 46:4-7)
3. Look at the works of the Lord (Psalm 46:8).
God is the One who takes away the weapons of war and gives peace (Psalm 46:9). God wants to give you peace and salvation and to be exalted among the nations. What matters is who God is helping. The God who helped Hezekiah is helping people like Hezekiah today. Hezekiah “did right in the sight of the Lord” (2 Kings 18:3). He "breaks the statue and destroys all idols" (2 Kings 18:4). He “relied upon the Lord God” (2 Kings 18:5). He “kept the commandments of God” (2 Kings 18:6). He “prayed earnestly to God” (2 Kings 19:35). In this way, God helps those who cast away idols, are honest, keep the commandments, and rely on God to pray. Modern idols may be literal idols, but Christian humanist idols are even more terrifying. Christian humanism is a sin committed when we do not acknowledge the existence of more than human beings from the time of Adam, and believing in God uses him to accomplish his will, and uses God to live his life more abundantly, longer and more splendidly. is to sleep.
God is still happy to help us. May God's help fill you with joy and the peace of salvation in this fearful world.